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Politics of VIP protection return to haunt Uhuru and allies

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Then-DP William Ruto with AP officers deployed to his Karen residence in Nairobi following the withdrawal of GSU guards in September 2021. [DPPS]

Few things are as sure to excite a furore on re-organisation of the security detail of the country's VIPs, an exercise that is as much routine as it has been political.

The scaling down of former President Uhuru Kenyatta's security detail did not disappoint, as Kenyans stormed social media to question the move, many reading malice as it came amid a spat between Uhuru and his successor President William Ruto.

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